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Steam on PS3: Why Portal 2's Revolutionary Features Matter

The VideoGameWriters look beyond the exciting Portal 2 announcements to imagine what the future might hold for Steam, PS3 and gamers everywhere.

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redwolf4857d ago

m$ missed a big opportunity here

Captain Tuttle4857d ago (Edited 4857d ago )

This could be very big going forward although I have a feeling that brick and mortar retailers will put an incredible amount of pressure on publishers to keep their titles off of PS3 Steam. They don't want to see console DD take off like it has with the PC market. The Gamestop PC section is laughable.

Edit: Will this enable cross-game chat on the PS3? I know it'll have cross platform chat in Portal 2 but if you could chat, through Steam, with anyone playing anything on PSN that would be huge for Sony. Although if that was the case I'm not sure what Valve would get out of it? Maybe Sony moneyhats?

AKS4857d ago

I hope this goes well and opens the possibility of some Left 4 Dead cross-platform co-op play. Probably not already released L4D games, but maybe a sequel down the road could allow this to happen. I buy all my Valve games on PC, but I'd like to play some Valve games with my PSN friends.

Valve was pretty harsh with the PS3 (I remember it well as a launch 60GB owner), but they've doing more than expected to make amends for the way they behaved.

Letros4857d ago

MS would rather do this with Windows Live/Xbox Live, Valve and MS are not exactly buddy buddy.

Though any attempt by MS is futile on the PC side, Steam is a freight train.

AKS4857d ago

A quality that my GFWL supported PC games all seem to share is that they crash all the time, especially Fallout 3 and Bioshock 2. I think I'd rather go with Valve on this.

killyourfm4857d ago

If Sony's aggressive (But admittedly failed) approach with the PSPGo is any indication, though, they're actively pursuing the digital distribution frontier on PSN. Brick and mortar may not like it, but they may not have a choice in 5 years or so.

Captain Tuttle4857d ago

The only wrench in the works with the brick and mortars is that most console hardware is still sold though them and from what I understand they make very little to nothing on the hardware sale. The money comes from the software sale. That's why the PSP Go was so expensive...the retailers wanted their cut. If DD takes off then either console prices will rise or console manufacturers profits will go down. Something has to give.

UltimateIdiot9114857d ago

I hope the unlock is through a code that way people who rent/borrow game won't simply just unlock the PC version thus getting rid of this feature in the future.

I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.

Letros4857d ago (Edited 4857d ago )

edit - err, my poor reading comprehension =)

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Helldivers 2: How to Link Steam and PlayStation Network Accounts

This article explains how to link your Steam and PlayStation Networks accounts, which is becoming a must for Helldivers 2.

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Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Ups 4 Review -- Gamerhub UK

Save the quarters and blast everything to oblivion at home!

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Steam’s Refund Policy Change Won’t Affect You Unless You’re A Lowlife

Steam is changing its refund policy, but you probably won’t be affected

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thorstein9d ago

Should have happened a long time ago. People wanting refunds after 50 hours in game.

fsfsxii9d ago

Pc gamers will take this as an excuse to pirate things

KyRo9d ago

I'm not sure why you're getting disgrees. Whilst not all PC gamers are petty, an awful lot of them are lol

Crows909d ago

Entirely untrue. Not any more petty than console gamers. The only large difference is console gamers don't have much of a choice.

Michiel19899d ago

Not sure why you're getting agrees. an awful lot of console gamers are overemotional twinks ready to go to war over a plastic box, I'll take being a pc gamer then.

Speaking about overgeneralizing much.

Nooderus8d ago

"X" type of gamer conversations are cringe

qalpha9d ago

Daily reminder that 'TheGamer' is a corporate-generated, anti-gamer, anti-consumer, clickbait web site. They are mostly A.I. generated articles that villainize gamers. They provide nothing positive and actively try to provoke and divide the community through extreme view points and politics. Do not give them any clicks.

Inverno9d ago

Only scumbags? As if people don't play their games on console put in the most amount of hours and return it to GameStop and trade it in for another game. But also how many people are actually do this? And what games have been allowed to be refunded?

DustMan9d ago

You can refund any game you've purchased as long as it hasn't been longer than two weeks, and you've played less than 2 hours. I wish they would change it to 3 hours because some RPG's have so much exposition that you may only get an hour total of complete gameplay. That's my only knock on it. I've refunded plenty of stuff I was just curious to try. I typically stay away from Early Access titles which are the only ones affected by this policy change.

Inverno9d ago

Apparently early access doesn't count, only complete games with a play early preorder bonus.

Gaming4Life19819d ago

I definitely know if I want a refund in 2 hours.

SegaSaturn6699d ago

I never liked refunding anything. Even if a film is bad, i dont want my money back. Sometimes things just aren't for me, and it's not the creator's fault necessarily.

Gaming4Life19818d ago

I feel you and i have never walked out on a bad movie cause I payed my money. I also don't refund games cause I'm a gamer and I know what to buy lol. I think having a digital refund is great.

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